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Modern Indo-European is a proposed international auxiliary language

International auxiliary language

An international auxiliary language or interlanguage is a language meant for communication between people from different nations who do not share a common native language...

based on the extinct Proto-Indo-European language

Proto-Indo-European language

The Proto-Indo-European language is the reconstructed common ancestor of the Indo-European languages, spoken by the Proto-Indo-Europeans...

, presented by two undergraduate students at Extremadura

Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...

University, Carlos Quiles and María Teresa Batalla, in 2006. Apart from the two students who invented it, it has no support from any scholars or public officials, has never been used by anyone, and has never been referenced by a reliable source.

Purpose

The European language project's main aim is to obtain a common, modern and usable international auxiliary language for the European Union

European Union

The European Union is an economic and political union of 27 independent member states which are located primarily in Europe. The EU traces its origins from the European Coal and Steel Community and the European Economic Community , formed by six countries in 1958...

. The project aims to reconstruct the extinct Proto Indo-European language. This would to some extent resemble the way Hebrew was revived early in the 20th century, except that Modern Indo-European would be closer to an entirely new language, since the modification of the original Indo-European language (which is known only as a speculative reconstruction) would have to be far more drastic to make it a suitable means of communication for the modern world. The Dnghu Group stated goal for Europaio is, "to substitute present-day linguae francae

Lingua franca

A lingua franca is a language systematically used to make communication possible between people not sharing a mother tongue, in particular when it is a third language, distinct from both mother tongues.-Characteristics:"Lingua franca" is a functionally defined term, independent of the linguistic...

from third parties within the EU for a single, natural and common National Language." The Europaio project therefore to promote a neutral language to all current and future EU members as an alternative to the common usage of one member's language such as English

English language

English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

.

The revival project began with the foundation of the Dnghu Group in Extremadura

Extremadura

Extremadura is an autonomous community of western Spain whose capital city is Mérida. Its component provinces are Cáceres and Badajoz. It is bordered by Portugal to the west...

in 2005, and the publication of Europaio: A Brief Grammar of the European Language (2006). The project was awarded a prize in a regional Government and University Innovative Entrepreneurship Competition in May 2006.

Alphabet and phonology

Modern Indo-European uses the Latin, Cyrillic and Greek alphabets; however, Perso-Arabic, Armenian and Devanagari alphabets have also been used for the language.

Vowels and Vocalic Allophones


Phoneme	Greek	Latin	Persian	Armenian	Cyrillic	Devan.
[a]	Α α	A a		Ա ա	А а	अ
[e]	Ε ε	E e		Ե ե	E e	ए
[o]	Ο ο	O o		Ո ո	О о	ओ
[aː]	Ᾱ ᾱ	Ā ā	ﺍ	Ա ա	Ā ā	आ
[eː]	Η η	Ē ē		Է է	Ē ē	ऐ
[oː]	Ω ω	Ō ō		Ո ո	Ō ō	औ

[i]	Ι ι	I i		Ի ի	И и	इ
[iː]	Ῑ ῑ	Ī ī	ی	Ի ի	Ӣ ӣ	ई
[u]	Υ υ	U u		Ւ ւ	У у	उ
[uː]	Ῡ ῡ	Ū ū	و	Ւ ւ	Ӯ ӯ	ऊ

[r̥]	Ρ ρ	R r	ﺭ	Ռ ռ	Р р	ऋ (ॠ)
[l̥]	Λ λ	L l	ل	Լ լ	Л л	ऌ(ॡ)
[m̥]	Μ μ	M m	م	Մ մ	М м	म
[n̥]	Ν ν	N n	ن	Ն ն	Н н	ण

Consontants and Consonantal Sounds


Phoneme	Greek	Latin	Persian	Armenian	Cyrillic	Devan.
[p]	Π π	P p	پ	Պ պ	П п	प
[b]	Β β	B b	ﺏ	Բ բ	Б б	ब
[b^h]	Βͱ βͱ	Bh bh	ﺏﻌ	Բհ բհ	Бх бх	भ
[t]	Τ τ	T t	ﺕ	Տ տ	Т т	त
[t^h]	Θ θ	Th th	ﻌﺕ	Թ թ	Тх тх	थ
[d]	Δ δ	D d	ﺩ	Դ դ	Д д	द
[d^h]	Δͱ δͱ	Dh dh	ذ	Դհ դհ	Дх дх	ध
[k]	Κ κ	K k	ک	Կ կ	К к	क
[k^h]	Χ χ	Kh kh	کﻌ	Ք ք	Кх кх	ख
[g]	Γ γ	G g	گ	Գ գ	Г г	ग
[g^h]	Γͱ γͱ	Gh gh	گﻌ	Գհ գհ	Гх гх	घ
[k^w]	Ϙ ϙ	Q q	ق	Ք ք	Къ къ	क
[g^w]	Γϝ γϝ	C c	ﻍ	Ղ ղ	Гъ гъ	ग
[g^wh]	Γϝͱ γϝͱ	Ch ch	ﻍﻌ	Ղհ ղհ	Гъх гъх	घ
[h]	Ͱ ͱ	H h	ﻩ	Հ հ	Х х	ह

[j]	Ϳ ϳ	J j	ی/ژ	Յ յ, Ի ի	Й й / Ј ј	य
[w]	Ϝ ϝ	W w	و	Ւ ւ	У у (W w)	व
[r]	Ρ ρ	R r	ﺭ	Ռ ռ	Р р	र
[l]	Λ λ	L l	ل	Լ լ	Л л	ल
[m]	Μ μ	M m	م	Մ մ	М м	म
[n]	Ν ν	N n	ن	Ն ն	Н н	न
[s]	Σ σ	S s	ﺱ	Ս ս	С с	स

Schleicher's fable

The Sheep and the Horses

A sheep that had no wool saw horses, one pulling a heavy wagon, one carrying a big load, and one carrying a man quickly. The sheep said to the horses: "My heart pains me, seeing a man driving horses". The horses said: "Listen, sheep, our hearts pain us when we see this: a man, the master, makes the wool of the sheep into a warm garment for himself. And the sheep has no wool". Having heard this, the sheep fled into the plain.

Ówis ékwōs-qe

Ówis, qésio wl̥̄nā ne est, ékwoms spekét, óinom (ghe) crum wóghom wéghontm, óinom-qe mégām bhórom, óinom-qe dhghmónm ṓku bhérontm. Ówis nu ékwobh(i)os wewqét: krd ághnutoi moí, ékwoms ágontm wrom wídntei. Ékwōs tu wewqónt: Klúdhi, ówi! krd ághnutoi nsméi wídntbh(i)os: ner, pótis, ówjom-r wĺnām sébhi chermóm wéstrom qrnéuti. Ówjom-qe wl̥̄nā ne ésti. Tod kékluwos ówis ágrom bhugét.

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